Category: Chile

All Hallows Eve is a celebration observed in a number of places around the world, a Christianised festival of a pagan Celtic harvest rite, or Samhain. Originally a celebration to remember the dead, including saints and matyrs, these days Halloween is a far more commercialised and secular affair. People in costumes party, children go trick-or-treating…

Santiago was the perfect respite from the nonstop activity that had categorised my time for the last three months on the road. Additionally, I had miraculously timed my visit there to coincide with a friend who was visiting the city on a business trip – with a generous employer, a charge card and a reservation at the W. Perfect! Day…

San Pedro de Atacama, a small town situated near the edge of the driest desert on earth, is hot and sunny. It is a welcome change from the cold of Bolivia’s altiplano. The border crossing is easily navigable, eased over with a Bs15 fee, undocumented by Bolivia’s embassy. The Cordillera de Sal Once over in…

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Born and bred in Malaysia, schooled in Australia, temporarily based in London and for awhile a short-term New Yorker, Peggy now lives next to the sea in Sydney. Her passions are travel, photography and the written word. She loves wide open spaces, sunshine and the roar of the surf.